“THE MISFORTUNE OF BEING RICH MEN’S SONS.”
IV A Good Shoemaker Becomes Detroit’s Best Mayor and Michigan’s Greatest Governor.
HOW HE BECAME MAYOR OF DETROIT.
GOVERNOR PINGREE’S LUXURIOUS HOME.
V Determined not to Remain Poor, a Farmer Boy Becomes a Merchant Prince
ALWAYS INTERESTED IN COMMERCE.
PERSEVERANCE, MR. FIELD’S ESSENTIAL TRAIT.
QUALITIES THAT MAKE FOR SUCCESS.
VI Honesty, the Foundation of a Great Merchant’s Career
HIS ADVICE TO YOUNG MERCHANTS.
VII A British Boy Wins Fortune and Title by American Business Methods.
AMERICAN BUSINESS METHODS GAVE HIM HIS START.
HE OWNS NEARLY FIVE HUNDRED STORES.
“THRIFT IS THE TRUE SECRET OF SUCCESS.”
VIII A Self-made Man who Strives to Give others a Chance
IX Thrift, the Secret of a Fortune Built in a Single Lifetime.
X Cut Out for a Banker, He Rose from Errand Boy to Secretary of the U. S. Treasury.
WHEN YOU START IN LIFE IN A STRANGE CITY, DO NOT EXPECT “SOFT SNAPS.”
THE PUBLIC WOULD RATHER INVEST ITS MONEY IN MEN THAN IN FINE BUILDINGS.
XI A Young Millionaire not Afraid to Work in Overalls.
WISE DEVELOPMENT OF INHERITED TENDENCIES.
XII A Messenger Boy’s Zeal Lifts Him to the Head of the World’s Greatest Telegraph System.